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looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
November 16 2010 11:43 GMT
#61
This is huge news for StarCraft. This could be a very good thing but I hope that it doesn't take away from the openness of the scene currently. If a StarCraft 2 proleague were limited to the same small number of Korean teams each year instead of having open qualifiers like GSL so that any team that is good enough could compete (EG, TLAF, etc...) it would be a real shame.
"The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure. Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?" - Jon Foreman ('Your Love Is Strong' - Spring EP)
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
November 16 2010 11:44 GMT
#62
this would be good to push stuff like fixing out map imbalances as well as LAN

I do hope that the Koreans are not exclusive on this because SC2 can be something that is huge all over the world as compared to only in Korea and such it is fair that someone from TL is in the association.

Even BoxeR wish to play overseas because he recognizes the potential.
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
November 16 2010 12:32 GMT
#63
I think this will just be history repeated.

A lot of good, some bad things.
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
November 16 2010 12:39 GMT
#64
This should be good for SC2, I think they will learn from KeSPA's mistakes.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19050 Posts
November 16 2010 12:47 GMT
#65
Sounds cool. Hope it goes well this time.
Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
Shizuru~
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Malaysia1676 Posts
November 16 2010 12:47 GMT
#66
On November 16 2010 21:32 RoieTRS wrote:
I think this will just be history repeated.

A lot of good, some bad things.



hopefully, they will be strong enough to resist any sort of corporate temptations to gain influence in such organisation, like how kespa fell...


it's quite awesome they took the initiative to start this though, i'm just surprised the Emperor isn't involved in its organisation...
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
November 16 2010 12:57 GMT
#67
Hope this ends up being a good thing rather than a bad thing. Could go either way tbh.
Life is Good.
ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
November 16 2010 13:00 GMT
#68
It really was only a matter of time. I really hope they do this right. I haven't been able to think of KeSPA in a positive light since they shut down the BW GSL.
"The White Woman Speaks in Tongues That Are All Lies" - Incontrol; Member #37 of the Chill Fanclub
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
November 16 2010 13:09 GMT
#69
On November 16 2010 22:00 ComusLoM wrote:
It really was only a matter of time. I really hope they do this right. I haven't been able to think of KeSPA in a positive light since they shut down the BW GSL.

Well considering GomTV will be advising them and they stand for a global scene with foreigners involved you can bet that they'll support foreign teams/players and won't shut a similar thing like the gom classics.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
November 16 2010 13:14 GMT
#70
it could actually be funny in few years when Kespa 2.0 will be in similar position as Kespa 1.0 now.
Hope we will still be here to laugh at it then
MGren
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Sweden148 Posts
November 16 2010 13:19 GMT
#71
The question is will they be working for the players, or will they have the players work for them?
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Adila
Profile Joined April 2010
United States874 Posts
November 16 2010 13:25 GMT
#72
It really depends on how much power the player's association will be given.
sinjitsu_
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia196 Posts
November 16 2010 13:52 GMT
#73
Great news, bring on the leagues!!! would be awesome if this spews over to the U.S and EU and even Asia.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66160 Posts
November 16 2010 13:56 GMT
#74
He continued, "Unlike existing e-sports association, we would like people to think this is a different kind of a group from them, and that our no.1 issue is to protect the rights of the gamers. We must gather all our strength to help with our current difficult situation for StarCraft 2 progamer teams. To that end, we wish for the fans to give us support."

lol

other than that, this is just KeSPA 2.0 (approved by Blizzard™)
POGGERS
Longshank
Profile Joined March 2010
1648 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-16 13:58:40
November 16 2010 13:57 GMT
#75
I don't understand how someone can say this will basically be a KeSPA 2.0. There are some fundamental differences between BW and SC2 - first of all Blizzard's complete control of the game and secondly Gretech's stance on the progamer license completely stops this association to have anywhere near the same power as KeSPA does. And that's a darn good thing.
crazeman
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
664 Posts
November 16 2010 13:57 GMT
#76
This can only be a good thing for SC2. It sounds more like a "player union" than Kespa for me... but if it ever becomes like Kespa, I hope they'll be less stubborn and do a better job.
Floydian
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom374 Posts
November 16 2010 13:58 GMT
#77
Part of me is very nervous about this, another part of me is very excited. Guess we'll just have to wait and see, and hope they don't fuck it up.
Acid~
Profile Joined September 2010
Thailand442 Posts
November 16 2010 14:06 GMT
#78
On November 16 2010 17:54 Gonodactylus wrote:

As for rules, I rather have a kespa that is forced to DQ some players to maintain the integrity of the game rather than MLG where you can basically get away with cheating.



Damn right. God, I hate those damn cheaters who type gg instead of GG, we really need to crack down on those guys, otherwise the integrity of the game might be compromised.
infinity2k9
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom2397 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-16 14:37:53
November 16 2010 14:31 GMT
#79
Why would major sponsors want to get involved with teams involved in this organization when it's obvious Blizzard will be wanting a cut of everything? In this system who is going to pat the player salaries, the transport, the food? There's good reasons to not like KeSPA but its set up in the correct way for this to all operate smoothly.
JBanKs
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom617 Posts
November 16 2010 14:33 GMT
#80
Hoping for the best with this and staying positive! :D Lets see Liquid involved <3
Ex-StarTale manager // @BanKseSports on twitter
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